A state panel has voted to decertify three Vermont police officers, including longtime Colchester Detective Cpl. Tyler Kinney, in the wake of their unrelated felony convictions.

Kinney, 39, of Jericho pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in May to three felonies related to his on-duty theft of drugs and firearms from the police department's evidence locker.

Kinney, who resigned shortly after his November 2014 arrest, was scheduled for sentencing on Monday in Burlington, but that has been delayed until Nov. 30, court records show. No explanation was provided in the court records announcing the two-month sentencing delay.

He admitted to embezzling at least $5,000 between July 2013 and November 2014 from Colchester police, which had received federal funds; and in late October or early November 2014 the distribution of heroin and providing a .38-caliber handgun stolen from the evidence locker to a known drug user.

The Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council recently voted to decertify Kinney, Cpl. Gary Harrington of the Bennington County Sheriff's Department and ex-Deputy Sheriff Nick Moen, who had worked for both Franklin and Grand Isle County Sheriff's departments.

Attempts by the Free Press to reach Kinney, Harrington and Moen for comment were all unsuccessful. The training council sent advanced written notice to the three men for their hearings, but none appeared or sent a lawyer to contest the action.

Fired Bennington County Cpl. Gary Harrington, right, of the sheriff’s department is seen at his 2014 arraignment.(Photo: BENNINGTON BANNER)

The three decertifications will be entered into a national database so none of the officers-turned-felons can obtain work as a law enforcement officer in the United States, according to outgoing Training Council Chairman Glen Button, who is retiring.

The posting of the decertifications on a national website could be critical in at least one of the three Vermont cases: Harrington's two felony convictions may get wiped off his criminal record, according to his plea agreement.

Harrington pleaded guilty in late June to felony charges of distribution of drugs and forgery and admitted two misdemeanor counts of drug possession and one count of neglect of duty by a police officer, records show. Some of the allegations he faced stem from on-duty conduct.

Under the plea agreement, the sentences in Harrington's two felony cases will be deferred for three years. If Harrington avoids further legal trouble he can ask to have those felonies wiped off his criminal record.

For the misdemeanor counts, Harrington received a combined sentence of 12 to 36 months all suspended and was placed on probation. He was assessed $735 in court charges.

The state dropped eight other criminal charges — two felony counts of selling drugs, one felony count of extortion and five misdemeanor counts of possession of drugs, records show.

Judge David Howard sentenced Harrington without ordering a presentence investigation, according to the signed plea agreement.

A police affidavit reported a women, Rebecca Amidon, 28, of Bennington said she had been in a relationship with Harrington, who was married, since meeting through Facebook in November or December 2013.

Bennington County State's Attorney Erica Marthage said the case began as an investigation into possible forged insurance papers on behalf of Amidon and escalated into drug and extortion cases.

Bennington County Sheriff Chad Schmidt said he fired Harrington as Bennington police arrested him in May 2014. Schmidt said possible wrong doing was brought to his attention, he called in Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette and the arrest was made one day later.

Sheriff's deputies seized more than 800 pills at Harrington's home in Arlington after his wife consented to a search, police said. The drugs included morphine, codeine, oxycodone and methadone, court records show. His uniforms, guns and police gear also were seized, Schmidt said.

Harrington also worked full time as an emergency public safety dispatcher for Manchester, but Police Chief Michael Hall fired him as a dispatcher and revoked his appointment as a special police officer.

Harrington had previous stints with the Vermont Probation Department and Winhall police.

Moen, 30, of Fairfax was no longer a police officer when he was arrested in January 2014 on three counts of promoting sexual recordings, according to state records.

Judge Alison Arms sentenced Moen, who pleaded guilty in May 2015, to three to 12-years in prison with all but 30 days suspended. Moen was placed on probation with strict supervision conditions, including he enroll in a treatment program for sex offenders and register with the state of Vermont as a sex offender, court records show.

The judge also ordered Moen to refrain from buying pornography and going into topless bars, adult bookstores and sex shops. He also is required to submit to lie detector tests to ensure he is in compliance with supervision and treatment requirements, records show.

Moen was certified as a part-time police officer. He initially became certified through the Franklin County Sheriff's and later joined the Grand Isle County Sheriff's Department briefly.

Grand Isle Sheriff Ray Allen said Moen did limited part-time duties with the department, but had stopped working long before his arrest in January 2014 due to schedule problems.